I certainly wouldn't have Jack Cowie in the top test best, that fifth spot is a toss up between Stephen Fleming and Bert Sutcliffe IMO. But I have to agree with the other nine selections you've made.

Interesting. Fleming would be 7th or 8th for me. His famous poor conversion rate of 100s counts against him for me. In fact I'd still even have John wright slightly ahead of Flem in test matches given his 12 test hundreds and less tests than Flemings 8 and close to indentical batting average.

The reason I went for Cowie as he single handedly carried the NZ bowling at a time when we aere the whipping boys of cricket and still managed a test bowling average of 21. Sutcliffe and J R Reid were close.

Interesting. Fleming would be 7th or 8th for me. His famous poor conversion rate of 100s counts against him for me. In fact I'd still even have John wright slightly ahead of Flem in test matches given his 12 test hundreds and less tests than Flemings 8 and close to indentical batting average.

The reason I went for Cowie as he single handedly carried the NZ bowling at a time when we aere the whipping boys of cricket and still managed a test bowling average of 21. Sutcliffe and J R Reid were close.

Fair point about Cowie - obviously the job was never easy with the support around but I'd prefer someone with a great record than someone who, although performed decently in his day, didn't experience so much success.